Is the Briggs and Stratton still a high quality way to go?
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they are a poors man engine. even brand name mowers use them. aka john deere, mtd and such. I only buy mowers with kohler and tecumseh engines. they hold up better. You get what you pay for. ones with an oil filter is a big big help in life longlivity
Yea but if i get rid of everything that says China on i won`t have much left.
Years ago they were considered a premium engine.......guess that has changed like so many other products.
Years ago I always heard Tecumseh engines were very good cold weather engines and that's what my old Jiffy (model 30) ice auger has for a motor, works pretty good too.
Nonsense....With new materials and CNC so easy a Chinaman can do it, engines today last 2 or 3 times longer.
Sounds like my sister, she smokes like a chimney
So does my lawn mower.
Not to mention modern oils. I've been using Rotella 5W40 Synthetic for as long as I can remember. I have a steep hill in the back that is duplicated in neighbor's yards. Everyone but me have lost engines to oil starvation. They've resorted to switching to two cycles, over filling with oil, or NEVER going crosswise. They look at my "junky" MTD/B&S that lasted 20 years and shake their heads.
When they stated capping off the idle mixture screw and factory set them so lean is why they cough and sputter at idle.
Yep, and that includes your underpants and the shirt off your back.Yea but if i get rid of everything that says China on i won`t have much left.
I have a 25hp command pro in my grasshopper and it runs well but weeps oil from every gasket on it. There’s a couple BCS dealers here, nice machines but very expensive. Kind of like a Grasshopper front mount mower.TraderVic wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 6:35 pm Marvin, you have some vintage "walking tractors" there.
I have a BCS walking tractor with a 12 hp Kohler Command Pro 12 engine. A few years back I was talking to a service tech at Kohler about my engine and he stated that my particular engine was made for Kohler by Kawasaki and is a very good engine.
I've had mine about twenty years and have had very good luck with 3 of 4 attachments. The lawn mower attachment is an odd design and a bit troublesome. Overall a very easy starting and reliable machine. They have switched engines multiple times since I acquired mine and understand have gotten a bit spendy.Marvin S wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 8:46 pmI have a 25hp command pro in my grasshopper and it runs well but weeps oil from every gasket on it. There’s a couple BCS dealers here, nice machines but very expensive. Kind of like a Grasshopper front mount mower.TraderVic wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 6:35 pm Marvin, you have some vintage "walking tractors" there.
I have a BCS walking tractor with a 12 hp Kohler Command Pro 12 engine. A few years back I was talking to a service tech at Kohler about my engine and he stated that my particular engine was made for Kohler by Kawasaki and is a very good engine.
Yes, it sounds like it. I used the sickle mower a lot to clip weeds under my high tensile wire perimeter fences. We retired from the cattle business three years ago, so I use it a lot less as I've been dismantling fences and rolling up the wire.AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 9:17 pm I also have a BCS walk-behind 'system', and the engine has been great. Kohler I think.
It is a mid-90's vintage, with the GREAT tiller, a sicklebar, and the chipper-shredder.
I also got their 'brush-hog' 30" rotary mower, and that thing is a monster. Blade just like a big tractor mounted one; so heavy it coasts well over a minute if you shutdown and have the clutch disengaged. It is awkward to maneuver, so I really just use it occasionally now.
Is that the one you have, TraderVic...? I know they make a wider 'lawn' style mower too.
When the kids were little we had a five-acre area of erosion-control and wildlife plantings with shrubs or small trees 10 feet in a grid, so I'd mow random "maze" paths through it with the rest 4 ft tall or so, and the kids would chase each other through it. Sadly we quit as they got just a bit older, and they barely remember that now.
My favorite BCS feature is having a four speed transmission for the tires separate from the PTO means you can till even dry hard clay without it running away like a Troy-Bilt will do. A few years ago though I got a five-foot tiller for the Deere 2520 Utility Tractor and now use it the most.
That sounds like the one I just bought this morning....$199 at Home Depot... Troy Bilt with the B&S easy start.....marlinman93 wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 10:38 am Back about 32 years ago I bought a brand new Wards mower with B&S engine. Started it up and 5 minutes later it tossed a rod out the side of the block. Wards put a new engine on it, and it's been flawless ever since. Last year I bought a new TroyBuilt and my neighbor got my seasoned Wards mower. He loves it, and uses it regularly.
The new mower has the Briggs & Stratton easy start engine that has no choke or throttle, and is guaranteed to start first pull. It does all that, and I have no idea how? I hope it lasts as long as I'm around. It was on sale at BiMart for $199 last year, so sure can't beat the price. Half of what i paid 32 years ago for the Wards mower.